WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK -
- White House Selling AJP. As the administration seeks to gain bipartisan support for its American Jobs Plan (AJP), President Joe Biden will be holding a series of meetings with lawmakers to discuss...more
5/5/2021
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Federal Budget ,
Infrastructure ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Relief Measures ,
Tax Credits
WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK -
- Administration Proposal. President Joe Biden will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 31, where he will unveil the contours of the infrastructure package. Biden Preliminary Budget...more
Note: Congress recently voted on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package—the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA, P.L.117-2). It includes stimulus checks for individuals, expanded unemployment benefits, and funding for vaccines,...more
4/14/2021
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Biden Administration ,
Carbon Taxes ,
Clean Energy ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Storage ,
Federal Budget ,
Popular ,
Relief Measures ,
Tax Credits ,
Wind Farm
Just past midnight on Dec. 17, lawmakers released an amendment to one of two spending bills released on Dec. 16—H.R. 1865—the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. Most notably, the amendment included an extension...more
12/18/2019
/ Adjusted Gross Income ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Economic Growth ,
Excise Tax ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
Green Finance ,
Income Taxes ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Natural Disasters ,
Oil & Gas ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Retirement Plan ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Extenders ,
Tax Relief
TAX TIDBIT -
Five Takeaways and a Falsehood: Test Your Knowledge of the Ways and Means Tax Markup -
On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee marked up and approved the following four bills, largely along...more
7/3/2019
/ Congressional Intent ,
Cybersecurity ,
Double Taxation ,
Federal Budget ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Popular ,
SALT ,
Senate Finance Committee ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Extenders ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Veterans
IN THIS ISSUE -
Tax Tidbit -
- $43,060,000,000
Legislative Lowdown -
- Extenders: Contenders or Pretenders?
- Better Later Than Never
- Democrats Budge on Budget
...more
MEET THE MEMBERS -
Now just over a month into the 116th Congress, the tax writing committees have been formally announced, and we at Brownstein want to introduce you to all of the new faces. This week, we feature new House...more
2/6/2019
/ Appropriations Bill ,
Bipartisan Budget Act ,
Congressional Committees ,
Death Tax ,
Debt Ceiling ,
Estate Tax ,
Federal Budget ,
GILTI tax ,
Government Shutdown ,
IRS ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Repeal ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Tax Extenders
TAX TIDBIT -
With the midterm elections just weeks away, both parties have been hitting the campaign trail hard, strutting their stuff to win over voters.
...more
10/2/2018
/ Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Budget ,
GAO ,
General Elections ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
LIHTC ,
Pending Legislation ,
Safe Harbors ,
SALT ,
Tax Reform